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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research 1/2015

Open Access 01.12.2015 | Poster presentation

Does tomosynthesis increase confidence in grading the suspicious appearance of a lesion? An audit of cancers diagnosed in the assessment clinic using tomosynthesis: initial experience at Avon Breast Screening Unit

verfasst von: Gillian Clark, Alexandra Valencia

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Sonderheft 1/2015

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Tomosynthesis is a new technology that is being used increasingly to evaluate the breast for assessment in the UK. It has, however, been approved as a screening tool in the United States, Canada and several European countries. We implemented tomosynthesis in the Assessment Clinic at Avon Breast Screening Unit (ABSU) last year as recommended by the NHSBSP. A retrospective audit of 134 consecutive cancers diagnosed from 9 June 2014 to 31 December 2014 was performed. The aim was to evaluate whether tomosynthesis gives additional information to increase the grading of mammographic features of a lesion seen on initial screening mammography and increase the assessor's confidence. …
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Titel
Does tomosynthesis increase confidence in grading the suspicious appearance of a lesion? An audit of cancers diagnosed in the assessment clinic using tomosynthesis: initial experience at Avon Breast Screening Unit
verfasst von
Gillian Clark
Alexandra Valencia
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2015
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2015
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr3787

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